New seismic images of the cascadia subduction zone from cruise SO 108-ORWELL

Tectonophysics

Volumn 293, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 69-84

  Flueh, Ernst R ^a   Fisher, Michael A ^b   Bialas, Joerg ^a   Childs, Jonathan R ^b   Klaeschen, Dirk ^a   Kukowski, Nina ^a   Parsons, Tom ^b   Scholl, David W ^b,d   Ten Brink, Uri ^c   Tréhu, Anne M ^e   Vidal, Neus ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC SURVEY; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

NORTH AMERICA, CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE;

EID: 0031732711     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(98)00091-2     Document Type: Article

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